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'The whole system imploded': How Ida crippled Louisiana's gasoline distribution
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[quote:Daniel Higdon:MV80ODk1OTM5Xzg5NDYxMzk3XzREMzc5OTkz] [b]Customer fatally shot in line at gas station in Jefferson Parish[/b] [i]According to Sheriff Joseph Lopinto, shortly after 4:15 P.M., a customer pulled a gun on another during an argument over gas and fatally shot him. The suspect drove off with other people in their vehicle.[/i] <snip> [i]Lopinto said this was the second incident involving a gun at a gas station on the same day. A customer was arrested at another gas station earlier in the day after pulling his gun on another person. "Ladies and gentlemen, the services aren't here," said Lopinto. "We don't have enough gas being delivered to stations. We don't have enough generators on. The lines are long. Everybody's out of control."[/i] https://www.wbrz.com/news/customer-fatally-shot-in-line-at-gas-station-in-jefferson-parish [/quote]
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As Hurricane Ida began toppling transmission towers and knocking out water systems across southeast Louisiana, another vital infrastructure system was slowly falling apart: gasoline distribution.
Lines of fuel tankers were already backing up at refineries by the time Ida smashed into the state, damaging several of the facilities and leaving seven Louisiana refiners out of production. None of those seven was fully operating as of Wednesday, according to the state Department of Environmental Quality, though at least two had begun the complex process of restarting.
Then came the closures of hundreds of gas stations that were pummeled by the vicious winds, funneling customers to a select few pumps that had power. Meanwhile, demand for fuel had skyrocketed: First, hundreds of thousands of people evacuated by car. And then a million-plus homes and businesses were left without power, many of them turning to gas-powered generators.
The resulting shortage has created scenes of desperation, anxiety and violence at gas pumps.
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